Packaged Foods & Meats

H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ) expects to report “solid third-quarter results with earnings per share of around 84 cents,” Chairman, President and CEO William R. Johnson said today during his presentation at the annual conference of the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) in Boca Raton,...

Unilever (NYSE: UL) aims to double its revenue within a decade, and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) might help it get there. Under current CEO, Paul Polman, the consumer giant has been on an acquisition spree with the recent acquisitions of Sara Lee's European shower gel and detergents business and of...

In a presentation today at the 2011 Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference, David J. West, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), and J.P. Bilbrey Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, reviewed progress the Company has achieved in its consumer-...

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) and H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ) today announced a strategic partnership that enables Heinz to produce its ketchup bottles using Coca-Cola's breakthrough PlantBottle packaging. The PET plastic bottles are made partially from plants and have a lower reliance on...

Below are the top small-cap farm product stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Le Gaga Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GAGA) is 28.10%. GAGA's revenue for the same period is $51.51 million. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin...

B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) announced today that its Board of Directors increased the Company's quarterly dividend rate 24% from $0.17 per share of common stock to $0.21 per share of common stock. The next quarterly dividend will be payable on May 2, 2011 to shareholders of record as of March...

Presenting at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York's (CAGNY) annual conference, Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) today reviewed its plan, announced on Jan. 28, 2011, to spin off its North American Retail and Foodservice business in a tax-free transaction, creating two pure-play, publicly traded...

Last May, I advised you to consider buying an American sugar producer. Here's what I said, “I'm looking for a 12 cent per pound floor. If sugar hits that price, or even dips lower, I'll be on the lookout for an entry point into a sugar company. There's really only one publicly...

Income investors are frequently looking for high yield investments in the energy sector, and the master limited partnership (MLP) is one of my favorite structures to help investors meet that(...)Read the rest of An Income Producing Natural Gas Investment (IEO, CHK, COP, DVN, CMLP) Copyright 2010...

Income investors are frequently looking for high yield investments in the energy sector, and the master limited partnership (MLP) is one of my favorite structures to help investors meet that goal.An MLP is a common organizational structure for oil and natural gas...

Income investors are frequently looking for high yield investments in the energy sector, and the master limited partnership (MLP) is one of my favorite structures to help investors meet that goal.An MLP is a common organizational structure for oil and natural gas...

Goldman Sachs provided color on Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL) in a research report published today. Hormel Foods was trading at $27.46 at the time of posting, up 2.01% from last Friday's market close.

In remarks today at an investor conference, General Mills (NYSE: GIS) said it was on-track to achieve the sales and earnings growth targets established for its 2011 fiscal year ending in May. The company expects to deliver low single-digit growth in net sales, a mid single-digit increase in...

Jefferies is raising its PT on shares of The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) from $64 to $68. Jefferies is also raising its 4Q and FY11 EPS estimates to $0.96 and $4.75 from $0.95 and $4.65. “The revised forecast largely reflects lower share count, higher sales, especially in coffee, the...

Transition Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: TTHI) rose 12.04% to $4 in the pre-market session. TTHI swung to profit in the second quarter. Iridium Communications Inc (NASDAQ: IRDM) added 8.37% to $9 in the pre-market session. IRDM is scheduled to report its Q4 earnings on March 7. Pan American Silver...